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Scientists have found new evidence of people initially [#permalink]
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Scientists have found new evidence of people initially registering emotions like sadness or anger in much the same way as heartburn--by monitoring what's going on within their bodies.

(A) of people initially registering emotions like sadness or anger in much the same way as (B) of people initially registering emotions such as sadness or anger much the same as experiencing (C) that people initially register emotions such as sadness or anger in much the same way as they experience(D) that a person initially registers emotions such as sadness or anger much the same way as experiencing (E) that a person initially registers emotions like sadness or anger much the same as

This the corrected version of the original post; It has also been corrected by sekkmba, I beleive, later in the thread

The question was corrected on <MGMAT siteScientists have found new evidence of people initially registering emotions like sadness or anger in much the same way as heartburn--by monitoring what's going on within their bodies.

(A) of people initially registering emotions like sadness or anger in much the same way as(B) of people initially registering emotions such as sadness or anger much the same as experiencing(C) that people initially register emotions such as sadness or anger in much the same way as they experience(D) that a person initially registers emotions such as sadness or anger much the same way as experiencing(E) that a person initially registers emotions like sadness or anger much the same as

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Scientists have found new evidence of people initially registering emotions like sadness or anger in much the same way as heartburn--by monitoring what's going on within their bodies.

(A) of people initially registering emotions like sadness or anger in much the same way as(B) of people initially registering emotions such as sadness or anger much the same as experiencing(C) that people initially register emotions such as sadness or anger in much the same way as they experience - CORRECT(D) that a person initially registers emotions such as sadness or anger much the same way as experiencing - 'person' is wrong here as the non-underlined part includes 'their'(E) that a person initially registers emotions like sadness or anger much the same as - 'person' is wrong here as the non-underlined part includes 'their'

Re: Scientists have found new evidence of people initially [#permalink]
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Scientists have found new evidence of people initially registering emotions like sadness or anger in much the same way as heartburn—by monitoring what’s going on within their bodies. A. of people initially registering emotions like sadness or anger in much the same way asB. of people initially registering emotions such as sadness or anger much the same way as experiencingC. that people initially register emotions such as sadness or anger in much the same way as they experiencingD. that a person initially registers emotions such as sadness or anger much the same way as experiencing E. that a person initially registers emotions like sadness or anger much the same way as

Hi,Could you please explain why C is correct?Is it merely because of correct usage of 'in much the same way' than 'much the same way' and correct logical comparison between the 2 different ways.So will that mean in case of usage like this the verbs used for comparison are not necessary to be parallel....like e register and experience in this case.It would be great if you can elaborate a bit about this point.

It is not 'D' or 'E' because it makes the sentence sound as though the evidence was found based on a single person.

The sentence is comparing the Initial emotions of the person like sadness or anger with heartburn that the person experiences. It is a comparison of 2 things the person would experience. Option A compares the initial emotions with a just heartburn which doesnt indicate that its actually something which is being experienced. So I thought its not option A

Option B changes the meaning of the sentence. The scientists have found evidence that people exhibit such characteristics. But B changes the meaning to indicate that scientists have found out people who exhibit such characteristics.

The reason why I think this isnt a sentence having Parallism is because all the sentence is trying to do is compare a set of human evidence with another. I understand Parallism as something which runs parallel to one another. E.G. I was in the train when my friend was studying.

Q: Scientists have found new evidence of people initially registering emotions like sadness or anger in much the same way as heartburn—by monitoring what’s going on within their bodies. A. of people initially registering emotions like sadness or anger in much the same way asB. of people initially registering emotions such as sadness or anger much the same way as experiencingC. that people initially register emotions such as sadness or anger in much the same way as they experiencingD. that a person initially registers emotions such as sadness or anger much the same way as experiencing E. that a person initially registers emotions like sadness or anger much the same way as

Doubt:Do registering and experiencing have to be parallel?

Thanks in advance.-Amit

"their" in the end of the sentence refers to people. Leave A B C and eliminate the rest.

Among A B C, Such as is better than like in this case and "as" is used to introduce clauses. Get rid of A. Between B and C. "in much the same way is better than "much the same way" and C, at least, looks more like a clause, but it still does not look like a complete clause. I am not sure whether it's missing "are" between "they" and "experiencing." Pick C, it has the least number of errors. _________________

Q: Scientists have found new evidence of people initially registering emotions like sadness or anger in much the same way as heartburn—by monitoring what’s going on within their bodies. A. of people initially registering emotions like sadness or anger in much the same way asB. of people initially registering emotions such as sadness or anger much the same way as experiencingC. that people initially register emotions such as sadness or anger in much the same way as they experiencingD. that a person initially registers emotions such as sadness or anger much the same way as experiencing E. that a person initially registers emotions like sadness or anger much the same way as

because in case of C they ambiguously refer to Scientists as well as People...so I am just confused because in GMAT a pronoun should have only one antecedent.

D and E out because of the use of their referring to a singular noun person.

Hence the answer should be B _________________

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